Want to know how to complete Genli’s Home Cooking side quest in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom? While Tears of the Kingdom has a fascinating storyline, side quests are a great way to increase equipment collection, earn money, or learn new cooking recipes. One such quest is Genli’s Home Cooking, which you can accept in Rito Village. During this quest, you must catch a specific fish to receive a delicious Biting Simmered Fruit meal recipe with the Cold Weather Attack effect. So, we are here to help you and tell you how to complete Genli’s Home Cooking in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
Zelda Tears of the Kingdom: Genli’s Home Cooking Walkthrough
(Updated on October 1, 2024 – updated links and format)
To accept Genli’s Home Cooking side quest, go to Rito Village in the western part of the game world. Go to the west village part and approach the general store, The Slippery Falcon (one of the observation decks of Rito Village). Upon reaching this location, you will meet a green Rito named Genli and accept Genli’s Home Cooking quest.
Talking with Genli, you will learn she loves to cook, but getting some of the ingredients is not easy. This time she wants to cook a delicious fish meal, and she lacks only one ingredient – Staminoka Bass. To complete Genli’s Home Cooking side quest in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, you must catch just one Staminoka Bass and bring it to Genli. But finding this fish is quite problematic.
Following Genli’s instructions, you can catch Staminoka Bass in the waters around Rito Village, but only a few players succeed. Although Staminoka Bass spawns in this lake, these fish are few, so it’s not easy to spot them.
On the other hand, Staminoka Bass is a widespread fish in western and central Hyrule, so you can catch it in almost any body of water. For example, you can head to the Riverside Stable southeast of Hyrule Field. This place has a lot of shallow water and a variety of fish, such as Staminoka Bass. By the way, you can also complete a side quest called Gourmets Gone Missing in Riverside Stable. So you have at least one more reason to visit this place.
Returning to the topic, once you’ve caught the Staminoka Bass, bring it to Genli to complete Genli’s Home Cooking. She will be glad you completed her task and will reward you with the Biting Simmered Fruit meal recipe. Although this meal only restores two and a half hearts of HP, you also gain a Cold Weather Attack effect for 5 minutes.
